Minor boy swallowed by manhole yet to be recovered

The search for the body of the eight-year-old boy, who fell in an open manhole in Block 13D in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, continues  even after 48 hours of the incident.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi President Aftab Siddiqui and PTI MPA Arsalan Taj visited the victim’s family to offer their condolences. During their visit, they criticised the government’s lack of action to prevent such incidents and stated that children in the city are losing their lives to drain accidents while the Sindh governor is busy in some other activities.

The PTI leaders were informed by the grandfather of the deceased child that no government official had contacted them or taken any measures to find their loved one.

The PTI leaders said no area in the city is spared from this danger. They also mentioned that landgrabbers and a mafia have taken the control of the city’s infrastructure, and the Water and Sewerage Board is incapable of handling such situations.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 9^th, 2023.